myo-5

Caenorhabditis elegans

Predicted to enable actin filament binding activity and microfilament motor activity. Predicted to be involved in muscle contraction and sarcomere organization. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and myosin filament. Predicted to be part of myosin II complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including congenital heart disease (multiple); distal myopathy 1; and intrinsic cardiomyopathy (multiple). Is an ortholog of several human genes including MYH1 (myosin heavy chain 1); MYH2 (myosin heavy chain 2); and MYH3 (myosin heavy chain 3).